After a run of dates (including a Boston show) with Xiu Xiu (who play Maxwell's tonight), Deerhoof headlined the Le Poisson Rouge stage in NYC on Wednesday night with their tour-mate Father Murphy, and an opening set by wacky NYC jazz and noise group Talibam!. More pictures from that show, below...

they didn't have setlists out but it was heavy on Offend Maggie, a few off of Milk Man, "Perfect Me" off of Friend Opportunity, a cover of "Pinhead" by the Ramones and they all switched instruments to play what I believe was a Byrds cover. I'm a huge Deerhoof fan but I'm horrible with any band's song titles, this is why i don't write reviews :)

what a show! where are the jerks from the other day commenting about how lame satomi is...they're insane...she's got a voice like a flute, always hitting the perfect note at the perfect pitch at the perfect dynamic volume...she smiles, she entertains, and on a few songs she jumps around alot and waves her arms, what more do you want from a participating member in one of the most genius rock groups of the past coupla decades?

fantastic show, topping their LPR gig in 9/09. setlist was a nice mix of their discography. new song sounded tight. awesome energy from the band with greg as furious on the drums as ever. hope they come back to NY again soon.

yeah, Talibam played for entirely too long. a full on hour of chaotic garbage (save for the drummer, he's got skills) but even the underwear adorned flower children weren't enough to save this flaming plane from crashing into the mountain. in my opinion an opener should never have a set as long as the headliner unless it's posted as a double bill. Deerhoof played for exactly 1 hr. 6 min. - Talibam played for 58 minutes. It bordered on the brink of sheer torture.